Shillong, July 25: The DGP of Meghalaya, Dr. LR Bishnoi, while addressing a press conference on the Monday mob attack incident in Tura, said that the Tura Police have found that it was a preplanned conspiracy to attack CM Conrad Sangma and cause physical damage.
He also said that money was distributed on July 23, and many bottles of liquor were distributed to create violence on the meeting site.
He said 21 vehicles were damaged out of which four was burnt and 17 vehicles were dameged due to pelting of stones.
Talking about the injured in the incident said that a total of 18 persons were left injured out of which 10 were from Meghalaya Police (8 Male and 2 Female), one home guard and 7 CRPF personnel were also injured.
“The mob attacked the CMO in Tura when Chief Minister Conrad Sangma was having a meeting with 18 representatives from the various NGOs, namely the ACHIK, AIGU, and ACHIK Youth Forum, the All ACHIK Youth Welfare Society, and several other NGO’s and others,” he said.
While addressing the press conference, he said, “the meeting started at 3:15 p.m. and continued until 5:45 p.m. in Tura. It was a long meeting where the discussion basically concentrated on the demands of the various NGOs. There were two demands, specifically the first was on making Tura the Winter Capital of Meghalaya, and the other was on the implementation of the reservation policy or roster system.”
“Most of the NGOs were discussing in a peaceful atmosphere when suddenly the crowd started raising slogans, following which the NGO leaders were sent outside to calm them down, but they turned violent and started pelting stones on everyone who was outside,” he added.
The NGO leaders also informed CM that there were youths who were not part of any discussion or protest and were present outside.
The Police tried to convince the crowd, but when they did not listen, Lathi was charged, and ultimately the crowd dispersed after two hours.
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